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| Title | Steamer "Quincy" on the Mississippi |
| Date Original | 1896-1919 |
| Description | Postcard of the Quincy, a side wheel packet steamboat built at Dubuque, Iowa in 1896 by the Diamond Jo Line. Streckfus Steamers Line acquired it in 1911, and in 1918-1919 converted it to an excursion boat named J.S. Caption on the front: 6774.- Steamer "Quincy" on Mississippi. |
| Subject | Steamboats
Riverboats
Side wheelers
Quincy (Steamboat)
Diamond Jo Line
Streckfus Steamers, Inc.
Mississippi River
Postcards
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| Notes | Details about the steamboats were taken from "Way's Packet Directory, 1848-1983" compiled by Frederick Way Jr., and published by Ohio University, 1983, page 382. |
| Ordering Information | Please contact Davenport Public Library at (563) 326-7902 or specialcollections@davenportlibrary.com. |
| Image Number | VM89-002107 |
| Repository | Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center, Davenport Public Library, 321 Main Street, Davenport, Iowa 52801 |
| Repository Collection | Davenport Chamber of Commerce Photograph Collection |
| Object Description | 1 postcard : col. ; 4 x 6 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Digital image captured using a Microtek ScanMaker 9600XL with transparent media adapter. TIFF file created from a postcard scanned at 24-bit true color RGB 1200ppi. |
| Date Digital | 2003-03-18 |
| Publisher | The Acmegraph Co., Chicago |
| File Name | dplVM89-002107 |
| CD Volume Name | DPLVolume4 |
| Original Database | This record is from the Upper Mississippi Valley Digital Image Archive, http://www.umvphotoarchive.org, a collaborative project of cultural heritage organizations in the Iowa-Illinois Mississippi River region. |
